I was wounded by shrapnel. When the shell burst in the air about 300
bullets flew in all directions. I was hit on the right shoulder. At
first it did not hurt, and I continued to fight for about an hour. Then
another shell burst, and I got a small wound on my left shoulder and a
bullet through my left arm. It was in the forearm, and it came out just
above the back of the elbow, and it fractured the bone. I have been
under X-rays, and I am pleased to say there is nothing left in either
shoulder, but there are little bits of shrapnel left in the elbow:
_Pte. W. Struthers, Northumberland Fusiliers_.